After thinking about this I don't think it at all appropriate to have a chapter on "Daily Standups" in a book on planning. Of course, I'm a product manager...
John- You're absolutely right that much of what makes agile plans work is that they support and encourage course correcting. I do plan to incorporate more on...
Hello- In the earliest TOC for the book I did not include a chapter on real-time estimating. Some feedback I got said "You can't do an estimating book without...
Hi Mike, Gosh, I guess I don't understand real time estimating, but then I've never done it. If you said 1 day and there was a company meeting on Tuesday plus...
Hi Lisa- What you describe is really ideal time ("My 1 day estimate will be done in two days because I'm in a meeting all day tomorrow"). That example though ...
Mike, QUESTION #1: I dislike using real-time for Agile estimation because it seems to: 1) foster an attitude of resignation and acceptance (of existing ...
Mike. I agree with Kert, a chapter seems too much on estimating with real time. Perhaps you should mention in a sidebar that Kent advocates it in XPE2 (maybe...
Thanks, Kert. I appreciate your comments. I'd thought of possibly covering real-time estimating as a sidebar in the ideal time chapter. So, maybe based on the...
Hi Rachel-- Yes, I like the idea of a sidebar. Yikes--if an ideal day was equal to about 5 calendar days I think I'd probably say, "umm, I meant ideal *weeks*...
I'd like to see something more than a sidebar... maybe an appendix. A chapter really doesn't sound like a bad idea. Angelo ... real ... it in ... you ... (and ...
Thanks, Angelo. I'll start writing it in a week or two and I'll see what develops and how long it is. --Mike Cohn Author of User Stories Applied for Agile...
I'm leading a new Agile project for a first-time team in an extremely large company. While each of the new features is conceptually straighforward, the product...
Kert, This project does not seem a good candidate for stories. Stories are a low ceremony means to support incremental planning in a small co-located team. It...
Rachel, Thanks for your feedback. Yes, user stories might be a better means of ensuring common understanding across the entire IT community. Having the same...
I completely reworked the Iteration Planning chapter and have posted it on the site at www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/agileplanning All feedback on it is...
I am struggling with what to do about all the financial stuff in the book and looking for your advice and opinions. Originally I had three chapters on it in...
I suspect that the use of financial techniques for prioritizing work in projects would help some organizations that currently follow more traditional...
Hi Mike, New to the list, but I've been looking forward to the book. Met you at SDWest last week. In my organization, financials play a factor, but it all...
I've posted a second draft of the Estimating Velocity chapter on the website at www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/agileplanning Thanks in advance for your...
Thanks, Ken. I never thought I could cover everything anyone needs to know about project financials but I thought I could adequately cover it in 20 pages. I'm...
Hi Mike, I can't imagine a book about AgilePlanning without a good dose of financial stuff. Most software projects are done for profit. No other reason. If ...
... I'll have to second Clarke here. Many have noted that after all it's surprisingly easy to get software developers into the green bar thing of test-driven...
Minor comments on chapter 4 Simple Release Planning.. Maybe Figure 4.2 should appear after Table 4.2 because text on page 36 refers to Table 4.2 whereas Figure...
Clarke, Lasse, and others-- OK, it sounds like the financial sections are ones that should stay. I'll keep the material on prioritizing from a financial basis...
Mike, Please forgive me if you've addressed this in your draft, but one of the challenges I had to deal with last year was the impact of acquiring needed...
... I agree. This is as much an investment (or more) than pure software development for some organizations. The agile practices to my knowledge have not gone...
Hello-- I guess I didnąt think I was ignoring these topics in the book but I can see how it looks that way. In my mind, if a project uses a third-party ...
Mike, One thing to consider from that perspective are those projects where the majority of the work is selecting, acquiring, installing and integrating a piece...
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